BRITISH AND FOREIGN. LONDON, June 5.
Four more of the crew of the ship Afghanistan, sunk by a collision with the warship Csesar during the naval manreuvres, have been saved.
Five hundred of the Leicester unemployed have begun their march to London.
Mr Lowther's mission met with a brilliant reception at Fez.
A mysterious pistol shot severely wounded Folchi, who is living with Elvira, the daughter of Don Carlos (the Spanish Pretender) in Florence. The neighbours found him gasping on a sofa, and Elvira paralysed with terror. The supposition is either that it is an attempt at suicide or the outcome of Bourbon vengeance.
June 6.
While boating on the Thames, Clara Butt, the singer, and her husband, Mr Kennerley Rumtord, were upset. The husband saved his wife with difficulty.
In order to avoid litigation the executors of the late G. F. Watts, painter, are distributing his pictures. Several provincial galleries benefit. His " Alice " has been reserved for the Sydney National Gallery.
Reuter's Johannesburg correspondent states that the secretary of the Miners' Association declares that miners are dissatisfied with Chinese labour. The wages of whites has diminished, while the ratio of whites to coloured labourers has reduced.
The Norwegian Government has forbidden Swedish warships entering Norwegian military ports without special permission. This is regarded as a prelude to proclaiming a republic.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN. LONDON, June 5.
Otago Witness, Issue 2674, 14 June 1905, Page 49
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